Music from the late 18th and early 19th century St. Petersburg court circle. Tracks alternate between songs with instrumental acc., & instrumental tracks.

Compact disc.

Program notes by Oleg Khudiakov in English, French & German and vocal texts in English, French & German translation (no Russian texts) inserted in container.

Recorded in Mar. 1996 in the Melodia Studio, Moscow.

Sung in Italian, Russian & French.

Almen nel ciel pietoso (Metastasio) (3:37) ; Polonaise pastorale (2 min.) / Osip Antonovich Kozlovsky

Stonet sizy golubochek (Dmitriev) / Fedor Mikhailovich Dubiansky (3:13)

Polonaise on a theme by Niccolo Piccinni / Kozlovsky (2:49)

Tshchetno ya skryvayu serdtsa skorbi lyuty (Sumarokova) [published 1759] / Grigory Nikolaevich Teplov (3:43)

Barcarolle on a theme by Donizetti / V. Morkov (2:05)

Milaya vechor sidela (Neledinsky-Meletsky) / Kozlovsky (4:31)

Andante ; Rondo / [unattributed compositions, included in the Treatise on the figured bass, published in 1786 by Advotia Ivanova] (2:42)

Uzhe so tmoyu noshchi (Kapnist) / Dubiansky (3:08)

Polonaise / Ekaterina Alexeievna Siniavina (2:19)

Sokrylis' te chasy (Sumarokov) [1759] / Teplov (2:15)

Larghetto / Dimitri Bortniansky (3:15)

T'amo tanto / Natalia Ivanovna Kurakina (1:45)

Polonaise [published ca. 1800] / Ekaterina Lykochina (2:57)

V kakoi mne vredny den' (Sumarokov) [1759] / Teplov (3:45)

Minuet / E.A. Siniavina (3:06)

Ah, s'il est dans votre village (Florian) (3:42) ; Polonaise fantasie no 1 (3:16) ; Placido zeffiretto (Metastasio) (3:41) / Kozlovsky.

Music > Russia (Federation) > Saint Petersburg > 18th century.

Music > Russia (Federation) > Saint Petersburg > 19th century.

Chamber music > Russia (Federation) > Saint Petersburg > 18th century.

Chamber music > Russia (Federations) > Saint Petersburg > 19th century.

Orpharion Ensemble.